Susan Morris
Susan Morris
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To this day, images of apes and monkeys are used as a way to depict black people. It's what it will always mean. You can't just dress monkeys up like people and not conjure Jim Crow.
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We had one on loan from the Maryland Historical Society, but they needed it back.
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Never underestimate internalized racism. People can be oppressed, yet continue to express their oppression in their own choices.
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There's a real connection between the misrepresentation of African Americans in popular culture and the violence that has been lodged against them, both physical and economic.
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Jim Crow images contain a history of humiliation, degradation and separation. It's not the kind of thing that you get over -- they show up again and again in modern ads, music and film.
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I just think they're doing a great service allowing us to step back in time.
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These images come from the imagination of whites, and it's whites who need to address them.